Would have given a 5 Star; but we had no interaction with the Camp Hosts. The Host Shack was closed four of the five days we stayed. Saw only a Host drive by to add a tag to a campsite. Other than that, GREAT STAY! We checked out all the other campsites in Bloomington East and ours was without a doubt the best. Perfect lake view that filled our large rear window. The site is perfectly shaded by large trees. There is a Maintenance Building to the right, but we only heard workers access the building one day. We camped Sunday thru Thursday. Less than 25% capacity filled so it was always quite. The various types and colors of Butterflys were amazing!!! We even had a few migrating Summer Tangers visit and sing directly above our heads in the shade trees. We also had night visits from the masked bandit raccoons, but they did no harm. There are a couple close Geocaches for those who dare. We brought kayaks and paddled a few miles across the lake, water temp was warm… I know because I fell in! The beach trash on the first couple days was outrageous… flowing out of cans and dumpsters! Which was puzzling because the grassy areas were manicured. We saw teams spaying weeds in the parking lot cracks, but no one tending to trash patrol. By Weds the trash was gone and the beach was raked and clean. Our site provided 30A and Water Hook ups. Wife said showers were fine except for the massive swarms of gnats attracted to water and light. Keep your camp lights to a minimum during summer due to gnats. However, we had no mosquitoes to speak of and a few black flies. Deer are all about the area, sneaking drinks from the lake. Unfortunately, there is no good path to the lake directly from site. But a 15 minute walk will get you to the boat landing. Beach is a 5 minute drive. Several Frisbee Golf courses well manicured and kept up nicely. The Clinton Store is a joke unfortunately. Such GREAT potential lost on the owners. Hours of operation are on a day to day basis, no packs of soda pop only singles. Shelves were pretty bare, personally I only saw it opened once. Stopped by on way out and said OPEN, but note on door said they’d be back at 5:30p. The Dump Station was fine. Two dump hook-ups, potable and non-potable water available and clearly marked. We had fine T-Mobile service, 3 out of 4 bars on a new iPhone. TV antenna brought in enough channels to watch and used HotSpot WiFi for the ROKU.

• Don’t make the mistake of using a mister on your fan outside. The water brought in SWARMS of gnats. Our bug zapper sounded like a Independence Day Fireworks Finale! The three citronella candles only enticed the gnats to hari-kari to a hot wax death. Even the camp fire became a crash landing site for the obsessive gnats. But hey, can’t camp with having a few pests right?

We will be back again for sure!!!